Oxford: PHOENIX PICTUREHOUSE

15 March 2009

PHOENIX PICTUREHOUSE

57-58 Walton St, Oxford, OX2 6AE
0871 704 2062

Read all about the world record beating People's Premiere here.

Normal film premieres are glitzy and exclusive, with nobody invited except VIPs - but the People's Premiere is different: VIPs, IPs and plain old Ps are all welcome to the world's first INclusive film launch. Featuring synchronised screenings at a staggering 60 different cinemas across the nation. With a solar-powered cinema tent pitched in London's Leicester Square, the People's Premiere is also the planet's first truly green film premiere - no greenwash allowed.


Chris Goodall

Sam Partington

Chris Goodall and Sam Partington

Chris Goodall is the author of Ten Technologies to Save the Planet, listed as one of the Financial Times Science Books of the Year 2008. His previous book, How to Live a Low-Carbon Life, won the 2007 Clarion Award for non-fiction and was described by the New Scientist as ‘the definitive guide to reducing your carbon footprint’. He is a columnist for the Independent on Sunday and the Guardian, regularly delivers talks and presentations on climate change issues, and provides consulting advice to businesses and other institutions.

Sam: I've been involved with campaigning since I was a teenager, when I got involved with the Jubilee 2000 campaign through church.  Since then I've been involved in a range of campaigns and organisations and I'm now secretary for the Oxford branch of World Development Movement (www.wdm.org.uk), an organisation dedicated to tackling the root causes of poverty.  I work in IT, and when I'm not doing that or campaigning, I like learning German and playing jazz piano.

Simon Kenton

Simon has a background of working with grass roots community and environmental projects in places as far flung as Manchester,Israel and Nepal, spending a number of years setting up a permaculture, alternative technology and sustainable living initiative inCentral France. Simon is currently the Project Manager of the Community Action Group Project which provides support and funding for community groups in Oxfordshire in order to promote the idea of ‘resource sustainable communities’.
Simon Kenton

5.00PM Green carpet arrivals
5.30 Doors open at cinemas, local speakers
5.45 LIVE satellite link-up from green carpet&solar tent
6.00 The Age of Stupid (90 mins)
7.30 LIVE satellite link-up from solar tent: Q&Awith filmmakers and launch of campaign by Pete Postlethwaite
8.00 Local speakers in each venue
8.15 ENDS

Please note all these details are still provisional, as there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, and nobody's ever pulled off something quite like what we're planning before...


For more details on the Leicester Square event, click here